The Association of Asian Pacific Community
Health Organization www.aapcho.org
The goal of this site is to provide access to information relevant
to improving the health of Asian-American and Pacific Islander populations.
It has links to organizations that support health care delivery in
the Midwest and Central Mountain states.
Center for Cross-Cultural Health www.crosshealth.com
The mission of the Center for Cross Cultural Health is to integrate
the role of culture in improving health and to ensure that diverse
populations receive culturally competent and sensitive health care.
In order to achieve this goal, the Center is actively involved in
the education and training of health care providers in the State of
Minnesota to be culturally diverse in their health practices. The
Center is also an invaluable resource center with regards to disseminating
information related to cross-cultural education. Through information
sharing, training, and research, the Center works towards achieving
its goals in making the health care profession in Minnesota and world
culturally competent.
National Alliance for Hispanic Health www.hispanichealth.org
The National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance) is the Nation’s oldest and largest network of Hispanic health and human services providers.
Cross Cultural Health Care Program Resource
Center xculture.org
Based in Seattle, WA., this program has many Internet links to other
resources online. It offers information on cultural competency and
interpreter training, develops research projects, engages in community
coalition building, and serves as a bridge between communities and
health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care
that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
CULTUREDMED culturedmed.sunyit.edu/
The Institute of Technology library houses this site to promote culturally
competent health care for refugees and immigrants. CulturedMed has
an extensive list of comprehensive general bibliographies and further
divides them into ethnic or cultural groups. It has links to other
cultural health web sites, refugee and immigrant health databases
and statistics, foreign language materials, libraries with ethnic
collections, and resettlement agencies. Cultural topics include cultural
competency, death and dying, domestic violence, food, medical interpreters,
dental care, transcultural nursing, and women and child health.
Diversity Rx http://DiversityRx.org
This site provides general information on language and cultural competence
in health care. It is supported by the National Conference of State
Legislatures, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care, and the Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Health care providers can find resources
and network with colleagues and experts.
ETHNOMED ethnomed.org
Health care providers can access this site for information on communication
guidelines, cultural beliefs, language, and health care of recent
immigrants. Links are provided to cultural profiles, health topics,
and patient education.
A Health Care Provider's Guide to Islamic
Religious Practices www.cair-net.org
The Council on American Islamic Relations, a Washington D.C.-based
Islamic advocacy group, addresses the following questions: What is
Islam? Who are Muslims and what do they believe? What is the Quran?
What are the "Five Pillars" of Islam? What about the American Muslim
community?
Native Web www.nativeweb.org
In keeping with Native American philosophy and culture, Native Web
describes its mission as a collective of many people whose vision
embraces ancient teachings of the Native American and modern technology.
Its purpose is to provide a cyber community for earth's indigenous
peoples. It is a humanities education web resource and a joint project
of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great
City Schools, MCI Communications Corporation, and the National Trust
for the Humanities.
NATIVECULTURE.COM www.nativeculture.com
This web site describes itself as a comprehensive portal site for
Native American resources on the Internet. It has links to current
information, news, and events of interest to Native Americans. It
has resources for learning and finding accurate information and the
user can communicate with other users via the web site.
Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services www.omhrc.gov
The Office of Minority Health advises the Office of Public Health
and Science on public health issues affecting American Indians and
Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific
Islanders, Blacks/African-Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos. Its mission
is to "improve the health of racial and ethnic populations through
the development of effective health policies and programs that help
to eliminate disparities in health." It works closely with other health
and human services agencies and their minority health representatives.
Regional minority health consultants serve as representatives. This
web site has many federal and non-federal health links regarding minority
health.
Transcultural and Multicultural Health
Links web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/trannurs/index.shtml
This web site features comprehensive health profiles of various ethnic
and cultural groups.
Transcultural Nursing www.culturediversity.org
This site was developed by Victor and Kathy Fernandez, who use their
own experiences as traveling nurses to provide case studies and practical
advice on health care of people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
The site has links, thus its name, to other web sites that include
articles, books, and organizations that can provide additional information
about a particular cultural or ethnic group.
Women of Color Web www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/WoC
This web site provides numerous links to other web sites specific
to ethnicity and women's health issues, organizations, political and
feminist activities, health databases, and other resources.
